Got me self a oil pressure and water temp gauge with all the fittings.

Question? They are the mechanical type with no illumination, will they be ok for SVA??

For Sva all they will be interested in is the radius of the bezels ie sharp edges. They don't need to be there & they don't need to work.

as ^^^^B he said, but if you put all the guages in the steering wheel exlcusion zone, then it doesn't matter if they have nails poking out of them

i think i'm right in thinking, only the speedo need to illuminate.

this coming from someone who has never actually read the SVA manual btw...